Who do you think its the best starter?

Game Discussion
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Hey guys! Pakawaka here.

So im thinking on doing a little project, and i actually wanted to know what PMU starter Pokémon you think its the best and why.

So ill leave here all the starter Pokémon you can choose in PMU and how many people voted for that Pokémon.

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Normal Type

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Eletric Type

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Ground Type

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Psychic Type

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Grass Type

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Water Type

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Fire Type

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Make sure to give a reason why you voted for that Pokémon, such something related to Ablities, Movepool, Stats, and even about Family Items.

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Squirtle because squirtle is blue and is a water type and is best because i said so :D

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Make sure to give a reason why you voted for that Pokémon, such something related to Ablities, Movepool, Stats, and even about Family Items.

Also, i apreciated if you voted for a pokemon you think its the best, rather than voting for your favorite one.

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very difficult decision, can i vote for all pokes that in 2098 will have a mega evo in pmu? :P

the only poke that im convinced is in fire type charmander. the first most popular dungeons are grass type that gives you an advantage, at low lvls can learn dragon rage dealing always [60?] damage (is buffed in pmu) that is too much for a low leveled poke, the final evolution charizard is fire/flying that allows to cross lava and hot water without burning, for sf charizard can cross more easily the 3 routes (electric with family items/flying globe) and have a good poolset (i think, i dont have a charizard).

to defend nyaro, squirtle have great defense, blastiose have a good poolset, can learn eq/bulldoze (for electric types), focus blast via lvl, ice beam for grass types and the *3 item protects against electric. Squirtle’s family ability heals more quicker if rains whitout lose extra belly (not sure if is only my idea but with aqua ring i feel the pokes lost more belly like heal ribbon), he can be supporter, can learn refresh (sadly only via hs atm) and rapid spin that can destroy traps and at the end… squirtle is smooth and blue :joy: :P

if this was pmd series i could vote for bulbasaur because is grass/poison being inmune to posion :sick: but some places have pokes with eq and other earth spam moves so is not the best for pmu, so i think the best could be turtwig because have good defense and his second type with torterra (can spam eq :>:D: ) gives more inmunities and advantages with the globes, and the *3 family item gives protect to ice that is really good (protected against fire, grass and ice moves)

psichic probably the best is ralts because have two different options to evolve, and his spd is good in both?
(idk much about stats)

ground i thing rhyhorn because its ability is useful and have a grat defense (marowak is strong but have low defense, hippopotas is ok but its ability is sanstorm… :x.x: phanpy have good ability but is lost when evolve)

electric type i will vote for shinx? is a faster pokemon to evolve and no need a stone like pikachu…

for normal type i will vote for togepi because now is fairy type, and can evolve in a flying poke.

pd. if i only can vote for one i vote for charmander, is not my favorite but i consider is the best starter in pmu… and a more concrete idea why nyaro can vote for squirtle :P

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THIS, is a great example from what i want, and yes you can only vote for one.

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Though my favorite starter is Charmander, for practicality I would choose Piplup.
When you start the game there are a lot of grass type foes which will pose a threat, however Piplup’s move pool contains some flying type moves which will combat such grass types, and then when you go to collect the tablet from Cliffside for evolution, Piplup’s water type attacks will be effective against foes such as Aron, Diglett, Geodude, and the boss Golem.
Therefore as a STARTER choice, though I wouldn’t choose it myself because I prefer Charmander and Mudkip, I believe Piplup would be a reasonable choice.
As for later on in the game, the Piplup family can be used as a HM slave if necessary.
this is only in terms of PMU though.

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I need to know wich Pokémon you vote.

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I personally feel that this is Ralts. This is because I picked it as my starter and have trained both Gardevoir and Gallade.

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I picked Piplup as the best starter.

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You need to say why you think its the best starter

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This is from a quote on a post about my team. I understand it includes Gallade"s / OLD / moveset. However, the reasons listed still persist. It is my favourite out of the starters, is my first level 100 and has a nice type coverage. Overall, it is a really nice pokemon to use. In addition, the design is really nice.

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Hello!

Nice thread you have here, Paka! Choosing your starter is often a difficult task because we believe our success in the game is closely tied to it. It is no surprising secret that the starter pool is very unbalanced in PMU but there isn’t any particular way to make it 100% perfect either. While there is no “best starter” I feel some of them are better than others if you’re playing the game for the first time.

There are some starters which are hard to get along with especially in the beginning such as Abra, Ralts, Togepi, Skitty, Munchlax because of their lack of strong moves at an early level or degrading abilities such as gluttony. While these Pokemon may have very strong final evolutions but I feel that this doesn’t necessarily rank them as the best starter, even if there is a TM Hidden Power in Exbel Woods for such cases. There are other starters which are moderate in providing a early in-game experience such as Meowth, Phanpy, Shinx and etc. And then of course are the most obvious choices for starters. THE REAL STARTERS. Such as Totodile, Mudkip, Charmander and so on. Mostly because of their reputation of being optional starters in trainer games.

According to me the best hypothetical starter has to have features like allowing you to gain quick dungeon victories, has a decent movepool especially at early levels, a nice ability and generally good BST. Looking at it this way, I have no choice but to confess that I feel the best starter is Torchic. Overrated, overused but most importantly overpowered! I personally do not like the Pokemon at all, it is way to common to see one in PMU and has earned a reputation of being an “easy-to-train” Pokemon.

Torchic has satisfactory stats for a pre-evolution, and it’s going to stay a pre-evolution till level 25. (Courtesy of Cliffside Cavern being so hard.) But apart from all that it learns the move Ember. The move has a whopping PP of 40. And an amazing range of 2-tile spray. Moreover its a glide. That’s a really cool move to start out with! Torchic has a decent typing and can also learn flying moves at an early level. Many beginner dungeons such as Sour Root Cavern, Tiny Grotto, Island Garden, Exbel Woods are bug/grass based which means Torchic here has an advantage. But the best part is its ability: SPEED BOOST. While the speed “stat” is a little more than a joke in PMU, this ability actually grants you power to move much more faster than NPCs and allies.

Once it’s level 20+ or so you can easily recruit a Krabby or Buizel (level-based recruit bonus) from the Exbel Coast and get down to owning the Goldem in Cliffiside. And soon you will have your very own fully evolved Blaziken. Having being to equip family items or beginner badge for stat boosts you will be unstoppable. It’s also a pretty decent Pokemon for Tanren Chambers and Harmonic Tower. Even from a team coverage perspective it servers as a more-than-decent offensive sweeper.

[NOTE: I absolutely hate Blaziken despite all the wonderful things written above. Torchic is a beast keeping PMU in mind but I prefer to train Pokemon I like or find a sentimental attachment with. I did however choose it as my starter, but only from of a strategical point of view. Everything written is solely my opinion and all Pokemon are amazing. Yes, even Trubbish.]

Thanks for reading!
~Festi.

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I think Treecko is a very nice starter to have because it is Grass type, which can be useful for the many Rock-, Ground-, and Water-type dungeons PMU has. It is also pretty neat because it has Unburden, which makes it use moves faster, making it able to break hitstun easier (not that it needs that, it’s fast enough anyway). It also evolves into Sceptile, which has a both great physical movepool (Leaf Blade, Dragon Claw, Rock Slide) and special (Leaf Storm, Dragon Pulse) movepools, as well as reliable recovery in Giga Drain and Synthesis.

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Bulbasaur is the best starter. why? Its just plain adorable and its a grass type and it also has one of the best abilities EVER…Chlorophyll

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A bit more of information would nice.

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I like using Chikorita.

once it evolves to meganium, it should have petal dance.
put a perism band on it and it tanks.
it can also learn Earthquake, for those pesky poison and fire types.
synthesis to heal.

and the last move is basically whatever you feel like will be a good counter, like ancient power for bird, bug and ice types.

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anything works in this game

however for efficiency torchic is the best in this game. it gets an early spray in ember that can glide, a fighting stab later on, and a decent movepool with gems like earthquake and rock slide. tutor wise it learns heat wave and anything with a full room aoe stab is godlike in this game and learns drain punch for even more lolzworthy sustainability. out of all the groups fire is the best but torchic gets speed boost so it’s better than the others

the fact that fire is literally one of the best dungeon coverage types and I can only think of 4 out of all of them that are not that favorable

who am I kidding though everything dies in two hits anyway

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Uhhh, Cyndaquil, because Typhlosion is overused and overpowered, but even though Blaziken is a bit better, it’s still awesome. :joy:

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Everyone

I apreciate all your votes, however i still want more information why you voted that Pokémon for the BEST starter, also im not asking for your favorite starter, im asking for who do you think its the best.

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Shinx. No. I kid. Even though I highly encourage everyone to get a Shinx / Luxio / Luxray because they’re … just so awesome, I’d have to hand this one off to Charmander.

Charmander is stupidly good in PMU for a solid number of reasons:

When the game first starts, a lot of Pokemon in the early Exbel dungeons are grass / bug (see Tiny Grotto and Sourroot). Charmander gets a nifty type advantage there. It struggles a bit in Cliffside, but that’s no big deal if you run through with a party. (Or abuse Dragon Rage.)

Once you evolve it to Charizard (which is again, no problem because Winden’s ice types are next), you get a few crucial things:

  • A long range, STAB LoS in Flamethrower.
  • Your choice of Dragon Claw and or Air Slash by Big Mushroom.
  • Fire / Flying, so you can walk over lava and fly over water.
  • A seriously gigantic move pool. (Everything from Shadow Claw to Solarbeam.)

So, uh, yeah. This is based off of my severely limited and not up-to-date experience, so sorry if I messed something up. RIP.